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Automotive Engineering with Business Management at University of Bath - UCAS

University of Bath

Degree level: Postgraduate

Automotive Engineering with Business Management (Taught)

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Course summary

Combine specialist knowledge in engineering with advanced business skills to impact the future of vehicle engineering in the automotive sector. Our course gives you the opportunity to build on your first degree with more in-depth knowledge in automotive engineering. Alongside this, you’ll learn key business management skills relevant to a variety of industries but focusing first on the automotive sector. You’ll advance your technical engineering knowledge in areas such as propulsion systems and how they will influence the future of vehicle engineering. Exploring a range of automotive engineering applications and technologies, you’ll consider their impact, analysing past failures and predicting future challenges and successes. Using a systems-thinking approach, you’ll learn to understand wider challenges that affect the automotive sector including moral, ethical and sustainability issues. At the start of your course, you’ll be set a topical automotive theme to carry through into group projects. This ensures the subject-based units are current and relevant to professional practice in the industry. It also gives you the benefit of a personalised learning pathway. Complementing your engineering studies, you’ll learn about business and management in the automotive sector. You’ll cover areas such as resource management, business processes, business theory, and change management. All of this is designed to give you the opportunity to develop skills that will be useful for your future career. A key part of this will be working on group projects with students across our suite of automotive courses to create a collaborative and transdisciplinary learning environment. And our consultancy project allows you to work on a real engineering management challenge together with an industrial partner. Learn from experts in the field We’ve been researching within the automotive sector for over 40 years so you'll be learning from academics contributing to the latest research in automotive engineering. They are dedicated to transferring this knowledge to your learning experience so you get the benefit of their expertise. As well as academic support, you’ll benefit from our links with industry. Your practice track project will be sponsored by a company with a real problem they want you to solve. And you’ll also have the benefit of an industrial mentor throughout the project. Use specialist facilities Throughout the course, you'll attend laboratory sessions run on our bespoke facilities that demonstrate the principles of current and future vehicles. You'll also be able to draw on the staff expertise and facilities of our new Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems (IAAPS). Start your future here Supporting you to graduate ready to advance your career is important for us. As part of your course, you’ll study professional development to build your research, communication and project management skills. We expect graduates from this course to go on to work as managers in the automotive industry. They are likely to work in roles that draw upon both their technical expertise and ability to manage resources at large vehicle manufacturers, tier 1 suppliers and large consultancies. Our past engineering graduates have secured jobs as:

  • Calibration engineer, Ford Motor Company Ltd
  • Product engineer, Renault
  • Engineering consultant, D'Appolonia

Modules

Year 1 Semester 1 Compulsory units

  • Agile and effective working practices
  • Future intelligent vehicle platforms
  • Towards zero emission propulsion
Semester 2 Compulsory units
  • Automotive systems thinking
  • Project and change management in a rapidly evolving sector
  • Propulsion systems group project
  • The business of automotive innovation
Summer
  • Industry-linked business consultancy project

Assessment method

Learning

  • Research project
  • Design projects
  • Laboratory sessions
  • Tutorials
  • Workshops
Assessment
  • Coursework
  • Presentations
  • Written examination
- Other


How to apply

International applicants

English language requirements IELTS: 6.5 overall with no less than 6.0 in all components The Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic): 62 with no less than 59 in any element TOEFL IBT: 90 overall with a minimum 21 in all 4 components You will need to get your English language qualification within 24 months prior to starting your course. If you need to improve your English language skills before starting your studies, you may be able to take a pre-sessional course to reach the required level.

Entry requirements

You should have a Bachelor's honours degree or international equivalent, typically a high 2:2 or above. To apply for this course, you should have an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, automotive engineering and vehicle engineering. We may make an offer based on a lower grade if you can provide evidence of your suitability for the degree.


Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

Tuition fees can be found on our web pages and are liable to increase annually. UK and Islands fees are regulated by the UK government and are subject to parliamentary approval. For all other fees, you should budget for an increase of up to 5% for every further year of study. For information on tuition fees visit our web pages: http://www.bath.ac.uk/topics/tuition-fees/
Automotive Engineering with Business Management at University of Bath - UCAS